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Lowering the PSA cutpoint to 2 ng/ml raised the sensitivity to 97% but led to an 80% false positive rate.
The predictive value for PSA was significantly correlated with PSA cutpoint level, P = 0.01 for linear trend, ranging from 39% for PSA levels ≥ 2 ng/ml to 78% for PSA levels ≥ 20 ng/ml.
The standard cutpoint of 4 ng/ml had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 33% and was most sensitive - but least specific - for older men.
With age-specific references ranges (Table 5) we found that, compared to the traditional cutpoint of 4 ng/ml, sensitivity was higher in the younger age ranges and specificity was higher in the older age ranges.
Raising the cutpoint to 10 ng/ml decreased the sensitivity to 38% while specificity increased to 84%.